Supported dish



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SUPPORTED DISH.

No. 514,205. I Patented Feb. 6, 1894'.

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*J. B. TIMBERLAKE.

, UPPORTED DISH.

o. 514,205. I Patented Feb. 6,1894.

' IITUNITED'STATES P'ATENT'OFFICE.

SUPPORTED DISH.

' srnorr'roarron for'ming part of Letters Patent No. 514,205, dated. February 6, 1894.

Application filed February 8, 1893.

To all whom it may con/derm- Be it known'that I, J OHN'B'TIMBERLAKE, a'cit-izen of the United States, residing atJackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supported Dishes, of

which the following is a specification, refer: ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings. I

Figure l'is an elevation of a dish having my frame applied to it. Fig. 2 is a detached view of a part of Fig. 1. I Fig. 3 is a view like Fig. 2 with the parts in a 'difierent relative position. Fig. i is a modification of some of the parts. Fig. 5 shows another modification. Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate forms of ornamentation. Fig. 8 is a verticalseotion showing another modification. Figs. 9 and 10 are partial views showing other modifications. Figs. 11, 12, 13, and 14, show other modifications.

Like reference letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A indicates generally a dish or other receptacle adapted to have my invention applied to it. A useful and attractive one may be made of glass and have, among other ornamentations, a series of panels A separated from each other by grooves, a, and having at their upper sides a groove or grooves, a, to receive attaching devices, as will be explained.

B, is a handle preferably of metal and of some ornamental pattern.

.In a prior patent, No, 241,7 56, I have shown a bifurcated or V-shaped handle provided with clamping parts attached to its legs near their lower ends and adapted to engage with the sides of a dish and thereby support the handlein an upright position centrally above the dish, with feet below the clamp and below the bottom of the dish to support the latter from the table. But in that patent there is nothing resembling a frame separate and apart from the V-shaped handle which straddles the upper edge of the dish.

- One part of my present invention relates to a dish supporting frame as distinguished from a V-shaped handle, and in which there are foot standards connectedwith each other by a horizontal hoop which encircles the dish.

0 G 0 is afoot standard,there being pref- Serial No. 46] .515. (No model.)

erably four of them for each dish, made usually of cast metal, and adapted at their lower ends to rest upon the table,and connected to' a horizontal hoop, D, about ninety degrees apart. This hoopis of metal, preferably round in cross'section, and somewhat elastic.

In some supported dishes there is a sort of encircling or surrounding hoop-like part made of sections of wire which, at their ends, are

twisted together and bent downward, with one strand or leg adapted to rest upon a table, and anotherstrand bent inward to pass underneath the dish or other article and thussupport its weight; but in my invention I propose to form the hoop of a continuous piece of wire or other bar of metal bent into proper shape with its ends fastened to each other in some suitable way. With such hoop I propose to combine separately formed foot standards, the hoop being mounted in seats of the standards. Two diametrically opposite foot standards are pivotally or rigidly connected to the lower ends of the handle as is indicated at, 17, see Fig. 1.

When intended for use with a dish having flaring sides I propose to expand each standard inward as at C and seat the hoop therein either by soldering it in a notch orby casting the standards around the hoop, or in some other convenient way. When either of these modes are employed each standardwill have a horizontal seat formed therein with the hoop secured in such seat. When the hoop is soldered to the inner edges of the standards it will project some distance inwardgfrom them' and maybe seated in the groove, a, by thrustingthe dish down into the hoop bottom first, the size of the hoop being such that the dish will be suspended therein with its bottom out of contact'with the table, see Fig. 1. But to secure a closer fitting of the'hoop in the groove, I prefer to combine with the hoop and the standards a series of projections adapted to enter depressions in the dish, or take hold of projections on its surface and thus insure against accidental separation of parts; such IOO that the difierence in diameter between the hoop and the adjacent part of the side wall of the dish is such that one or more of the supporting projections can be sprung outward drawing part of the hoop toward orinto contact with the dish, other proj ectiousbeingpreviously seated in the groove; so that the dish can be placed in position or removed therefrom, when, upon releasing the grip upon the parts, the elasticity of the hoop will return the projection or projections which have been sprung outward to such position as to interlock with the corresponding parts of the dish but to facilitate doing so with accurately fitting parts I propose to make the spur of such form and shape that it will readily traverse the grooves moving upward through the one marked, 0/, until it reaches the one marked, a, when, the dish being turned around a little, the spurs will be between the grooves, a, and up and down movement of the dish relative to the hoop and standards prevented. Thus the grooves and spurs constitute, practically, what is known as a bayonet look.

In Fig. 41 have shown along wedge-shaped projection, d, which has the advantage of forming a much greater bearing and wearing surface than that of the spur, c, and which, like the spur, may be soldered or brazed to the hoop. Or the hoop may be bent to form spurs at the proper points.

I am aware that it is common to support a dish in clamps or angles each formed in the end of a wire arm which projects radially from a central clamp or standard; but the hoop in my construction performs useful functions which are not possible in a dish support of the kind last referred to; as will be hereinafter explained.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a' modification in which the foot standard is expanded and formed into a projection of the proper shape and size, the hoop being seated in the standard at some distance from the dish. This form will be convenient when the shape of the dish is such that the hoop cannot be made to approach closely to the outer surface of the dish from any cause, as, for instance, owing to irregularities in configuration or ornamentation.

F, f, Fig. 6, are ornamental parts attached to the hoop and consisting, preferably, of pendants F with loops or hooks, f, strung on the hoop to which they may be stuck by the plating material when they are dipped.

In Fig. 7 I have shown another style of ornamentation, in which figure, at the left hand end, the design extends above and below the hoop, so that the hoop is practically undistinguishable as such but constitutes part of the design. At the right hand end of that figure the design does not extend below the hoop. It will be understood that the presence of these ornaments on the hoop together with the material by means of which they are united with or to the hoop will so increase the stifiness thereof that when such ornaments are used a lighter wire can be employed for the hoop than would otherwise be desirable.

In Fig. 5 the dish E has sides which flare but little, and has two series of depressions, c, and, 6'; so that if it be desired to use with the dish a cover which projects over the up per edge the spur, c', can be placed in notch, e, instead of notch, e; when the upper ends of the standards will be out of the way.

It is evidentthebail orhandle may beomitted without in any mannerimpairing the capability of the frame for supporting a dish; in fact, under many circumstances I propose to dispense with the handle, as, for instance when the frame is to be used in connection with a butter dish, where it is preferable to have an unobstructed space above the entire area of the dish.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a butter dish, II, in which the ornamentation inclnd es rosette-like figures with depressions, h, to receive the spurs, c, with which all of 'the standards eX- cept one are provided, the other one having a movable spur, 7c, preferably made adjustable by being on the end of a screw,,K.

For the sake of preserving a symmetrical appearance I provide the other foot-standards with similar, but'stationary, disks or buttons as at At G I have indicated a hoop or wire adapted to carry an ornamental design like that shown in Fig. 7 where it is shown that the wire is practically hidden, or made to contribute to the general effect.

In Fig.9 the dish I has an outer rib, Z, resting upon the hoop D; it being held against upward movement by a claw or lip, 0 of the upper end, G, of the standard engaging with a rim or flange, Z, of the dish. In this modification I have shown a supplemental hoop M attached to the standards just below the flange, Z; but, as a rule, only one of the hoops will be required to hold the parts firmly in place.

In Fig. 10, n, is a V-shaped rib or dish N resting upon a series of spurs, c, of the standards, which are held together by one or more hoops D, G, of which one will ordinarily be sufficient unless it is desired to use more decorations than can well be carried by one of them alone.

By making the butter dish of glass and using the same material for the tray or false bottom I, or J, as the case may be, the objections incident to the use of metal butter dishes and supplemental disks of glass to receive the butter may be avoided, because sufficient ornamentation can be added to overcome the cheap and inartistic appearance which prevents the extensive use of glass butter dishes as they have hitherto been made.

It will of course be understood that in applying the metal parts to the glass parts both the resilient and the torsional tension of the hoops are utilized.

In all of the constructions above illustrated as coming within my invention, the greater s p ment within'the frame,' substantially as set forth.- P I I Ic diameter of thehoop as comparedwith-the adjacent part of the side wall ofthe di'sh Wh-ich it encircles enables me. to employ supporting devices portions of ;which are integral with the dish other parts being carried by the frame and interlocking with the-correspond-- ing parts of the dish so as to firmly connect the'dish and its frame in such manner that held in close contact by reason of the T6laS-' having a horizontal hoop, and provided with" ticity of thehoop and the adjnstabilityof the interlocking members which are carried. by the frame, in such manner as to avoid the objections which would be incident to any loos'e'nes's of parts did such exist. v

What I claim is--. v

1. The combination ofa dish having in its side walldepressions, andasupporting frame havinga horizontal hoop and provided with supportingdevices whichare adapted to en-' gage with corresponding parts in the side wall of the dish, substantially as set forth. -2. The combination of a dish having in'its side Wall depressions, and a supporting frame supporting devices which are adapted to in ,terlock with corresponding parts on the dish and prevent the dish from up and downmove- 3. In a; dish supporting frame, the combination of a hoop, separately formed foot stand:

ards connected to the-hoop and each projecting below the hoop to rest upon the tab1e,and a series of projections formed upon afoot standard and adapted to interlock with'corresponding parts of the side walls of the dish,

substantially as set forth.

4. Ina dish supporting frame, the combination with a series of separately formed foot supports provided with projections adapted to interlock with corresponding parts of the sidewalls of the dish and with horizontal openings adapted to receive ahoop, of a horizontal hoppof greater diameter than-the ad-' j acent part of the side wall ofnthe dish, wherev by one ormore of the interlocking projections -can .besprung outward to permit the dish to be placed into position and be drawn therefrom, substantially as set forth.

5."The" combination witha dish having in' its side walls a series of vertical grooves each connected with a transverse groove, of a horizontal hoop, a series of standards, and projec- "tio'ns adapted to traverse the vertical grooves and alsothe transverse'grooves, substantially as set forth. l 1 7 6. I n combination with a dish having a horizontal groove, of a series of standards, a horizontal hoop connecting the standards, andwedge-shaped projections extending inward and adapted to enter the groove for supporting the dish, substantially as set forth. p

' 7. In a dish supporting frame, the combination of a hoop, separatelyformed foot standards connected to the hoop, and a series of projections from the foot standards for supporting the dish, one or more of said projections being adjustable substantially as set forth. i 8. In a dish supporting frame, the combination of a hoop, foot standards connected to the hoop,a series of dish supports projecting inward from the foot standards, one or more of the supports being adjustable relatively to the foot standards, substantially as set forth.

nation with a horizontal hoop, of a series of foot standards connected to the hoop, dish circumference of the hoop, and ornaments soldered to the hoop and strengthening the same,

substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in pr'esence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. TIMBERLAKE.

Witnesses J OSIAH B. FROST, EDWARD J. FROST.

1 9. In a'dish supporting frame, the combi- 7 supports projecting inward beyond the inner 

